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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and North German : nickname from Middle Dutch cater, kater ‘tomcat’.
  • Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch cater ‘provisioner’.
  • North German : status name for a cottager, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German kate ‘small house’, ‘hut’.

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